A patient with Crohn's disease is given a corticosteroid to decrease inflammation. Which of the following effects will be noted with the use of corticosteroids?
A) Increased pain
B) Increased immunity
C) Increased T cells
D) Increased neutrophils
D
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The manager learns from the nurse a male visitor challenged the nurse such that she was confined against a wall and encountered verbal accusations. The manager informs the HR (human resources) director of an act of: 1. Disgruntled family members. 2. Violence. 3. Battery. 4. Physical attacks against an employee.
In studies that demonstrate positive health care outcomes from nursing interventions,
home visits after childbirth have been shown to reduce parental anxiety and decrease the number of accidents and emergency department visits. Why is it that all public health agencies do not require nurses to make such home visits? A. It is too difficult to get the names and addresses of new mothers from the hospitals. B. New moms are too stressed to have a visitor, even if that visitor is a nurse who is trying to be helpful. C. Physicians prefer to do the childbirth education in their offices. D. Private third-party payers will not reimburse such a primary health promotion effort.
Antineoplastic medications should be prepared in which type of hood?
A. Positive pressure B. Horizontal C. Laminar D. Biological
A child who is dying becomes restless and fidgety, then becomes calm and peaceful. The caregivers feel hopeful that the child seems "better
" Of the following statements made by the nurse, which would be the best for the nurse to tell the caregivers about this pattern? A) "This pattern is part of dying; the child's death is imminent." B) "This pattern is not unusual in a dying child and might happen over and over again." C) "This pattern suggests that the child is feeling more comfortable and has less distress from the illness." D) "This pattern is consistent with medication cycles. The fidgeting is caused by pain, and the calmness is a sign that the pain has been controlled with medicine."